Grain-door attachment for railroad-cars



(No Model.)

T. HOADLBY.

GRAIN DOOR ATTACHMENT POR RAILROAD OARs.

NO. 341,910. Y Patented May 18, 1886.

'I FFIQE@ THOMAS HOADLEY, OF DUNCAN, ILLINOIS.

GRAIN-DOOR ATTACHMENT FOR RAILROAD-CARS SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent Non 341,910, dated May 18, 1.886.

Serial No. 185,156. (No model.)

T @ZZ 1071/0711/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAs HOADLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duncan, in the county of Stark and State of Illinois, have invented a'new and useful Grain- Door Attachment for Railroad-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in grain-doors for box-cars, which are constructed in the form of a hinge, to afford a capability oi' their withdrawal from the doorway of the car outwardly; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide for carrying the door, when not in use, upon the outside of the wall ofthe car; second, to provide a door that is not detached from the car in the act of transferring it from the doorway to the outer wall of the ear; and, third, to provide a door sufficient in height to meet the requirements in the shipment of lighter grains in the hulk. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side view of the side of a car from the outside, in which the outside dooris pushed back or open, showing 1nygrain-door when in use. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing my door when ontof use and placed upon the outside of the wall of the car. Fig. 3 is adetached view of the outside of my door when turned upon its hinge to admit of its withdrawal :from the doorway of the car.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A A is the side of a boX-carg B, the outer door, arranged to slide upon the wall of the car on its outside; O, the doorway, showing the` shoes c c, which receive the ends of the grain-door, all of which I use to enable me more fully to show the construction, attachment, and operation of my invention.

Dis my graindoor, hinged at or near its vertical center, having the lever d, with its slot d, firmly attached to the outer surface of one of its hinged ends,and having the loop d2 on the outer surface of its other hinged end, andadapted to the slot d in the end of the lever, and also adapted to receive the key d, which is suspended to the door, and by which 5o the lever is ilrmly held upon its outside surn face when in use,

b b are chains or rods attached to' or near to the top ot' the door, and in turn to the ring c, to secure its attachment to the car. 'Ihe extreme ends of the door D are adapted to the shoes or slots c c.

Vhen the key d is withdrawn, the pressure of the grain upon the door causes it to fold upon its hinge, and in so doing its extreme ends a a are withdraw n outwardly from the shoes or slots c c, and the lever d stands outwardly from the li ne of the opposite hinged end ofthe door. By a reversed series of motions the door is again placed in position for use, or at rest upon the outside ofthe wall of or both, might he hinged, to he capable of turning back to receive the end of the door.

The details of the construction ot' the door may vary largely without changing its adaptation to the use of my invention.

E is the rod or bail, one of its ends being attached to the under side of the lintel of the doorway, audits other end attached to the outside of the car, with slotted holder at a point holding it level, thesenttach ments giving it a capability of swinging outward to allow the ring c, to which the ends of the chain or rod b b are attached, to pass around the janih of the doorway. It will be seen that the hail might be fixed stationary, and the outside door, B, be recessed,that it may close over it. The bail E is bent in two angles to enable it to pass around the jamlo cc, whiehis recessed to receive it, to allow the outside door to pass over it in closing.

F F are shoes or slots placed on the outside of the wall of the carto receive the ends of the door when not in use; and G is a projection upon which the edge of the door rests.

Vhen the grain-door is withdrawn from the doorway and removed to the wall of the car, as shown, thering e slides along the bail and around the jamb to its position, while the hail swings outward.

That I claim as new7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A hinged door adapted at its ends to shoes or slots which are attached to the car, in conibination with the swinging bail E, arranged 3. The hinged door D,with its slotted lever between the interior and exterior of the car, d, its loop di, its key cl3, its extreme ends a a, and connection to suspend thedoor therefrom, adapted to the shoes c c, and its chains or rods 15 as set forth. Y b b, combined with the bail E, substantially 2. Theswinging bail E, in combination with as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth. a railroad box-car and a graindoor,and connections whereby the door maybe swung against THOMAS HOADLEY. the outside wall of the car when not in use, said bail E having` its inner upward end swiv- Witnesses: 1o eled on the inside of the car and the opposite THos. C. THOMAS,

endsecured loosely to the outside of the car MACK OBERLENDER.

to the slotted holder, as set forth. 

